Teaching (archived page)

Math 5399 Commutative Algebra and Geometry, Fall 2008

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Office hours:

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MWF 9:00–9:50 am in MA 108
Lars Winther Christensen
T 3–5 pm and R 2:30–3:30 pm (in MA 251), or by appointment

Handouts and Links

Date	Handout / link	Comments
25 Aug	Syllabus and policies

Reading and Self-assessment Problems

Date	In class (pp.)	Suggested problems	Next class (pp.)
1 Dec	205—209	—	—
24 Nov	199—201	—	205–209
21 Nov	196—199 [1.6]	VII.§1 Exercise 1	199–201
19 Nov	190—191		196–198
17 Nov	188—189		190–191
14 Nov	186—188 [3.14]		188–189
12 Nov	—		186–188 [3.14]
24 Oct	176–178 [2.8]		178–180 [2.17]
22 Oct	143–144 [4.12]		176–178 [2.8]
20 Oct	141–143 [4.7]		143–144
20 Oct	141–143 [4.7]		143–144
17 Oct	131–132 [3.4]		141–143 [4.7]
15 Oct	129–131 [3.1]		131–132 [3.4]
13 Oct	127–129 [2.4]		129–131 [3.1]
10 Oct	125–126		127–129
8 Oct	123–124		125–126
6 Oct	119–120		123–124
3 Oct	118–119 [3.19]		119–120
1 Oct	117–118 [3.16]	IV.§3 Exercise 4	118–119
29 Sep	116–117 [3.14]		117–118
26 Sep	114–116		116–117 [3.14]
24 Sep	113–114		114–116 [3.13]
22 Sep	111–113 [3.6]	Give a direct proof of 3.5	113–115 [3.11]
19 Sep	110–111 [3.3]		111–113 [3.6]
17 Sep	108–109	IV.§2 Exercise 5	110–111
15 Sep	107–108 [2.13]		108–109
10 Sep	107 [2.12]	IV.§2 Exercise 3	107–108
8 Sep	106	IV.§2 Exercise 2	107–108
5 Sep	106 [2.8]		106
3 Sep	105 [2.5]	Prove Corollary 2.6	106
29 Aug	104–105 [2.4]		105–106
27 Aug	104 [2.2]		104–105
25 Aug	104 [2.1]		104–105

Homework

Date	Assigned problems	Due date
11 Nov	VI.§2 Exercise 2 and VI.§3 Exercise 3	21 Nov
13 Oct	V.§2 Exercises 1 and 4	24 Oct
26 Sep	IV.§3 Exercise 3 and give direct proof of 3.5	10 Oct
15 Sep	IV.§2 Exercises 4 and 6	24 Sep
29 Aug	IV.§2 Exercise 1 and proof fo Corollary 2.4	10 Sep

Grades

The graded work comprises homework assignments, a midterm exam and the final exam.
They count towards the final grade with weights as follows:

Homework:	50%
Midterm exam:	25%
Final exam:	25%

Teaching

Previous classes

Math 2350 Calculus III (2007)

Math 3360 Foundations of Algebra I (2008)

Previous classes (at UNL)

Math 203 Contemp. Math. (2005)

Math 208 Calculus III (2006)

Math 221 Diff. Eq. (2005)

Math 310 Intro. Abstr. Alg. (2005)

Math 918 Der. Cat. Methods (2006)

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